Awards

Rick Nash Awards

NHL Foundation Player Award

Maurice Richard Trophy

Bio

Rick Nash Bio

The size of a power forward and the skills of a diminutive playmaker have made Nash one of the most dangerous offensive players of his generation.

Selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets with the No. 1 pick in the 2002 NHL Draft, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound Nash shared the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy in 2003-04 when he tied for the League lead with 41 goals. At 19 years, 292 days old, Nash became the youngest player to lead the NHL in goals.

The size of a power forward and the skills of a diminutive playmaker have made Nash one of the most dangerous offensive players of his generation.

Selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets with the No. 1 pick in the 2002 NHL Draft, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound Nash shared the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy in 2003-04 when he tied for the League lead with 41 goals. At 19 years, 292 days old, Nash became the youngest player to lead the NHL in goals.

Nash rose to prominence with London of the Ontario Hockey League in 2000-01 when he won the Emms Family Award as Rookie of the Year in the OHL, was named to the First All-Rookie Team in the OHL and made the Canadian Hockey League All-Rookie Team. Nash led OHL rookies in power-play assists (21), power-play points (33), shorthanded goals (four) and shorthanded points (four), while finishing second among rookies in power-play goals (12), third in goals (31) and tied for third in points (66).

Nash had a goal in his NHL debut on Oct. 10, 2002, against the Chicago Blackhawks, becoming the eighth No. 1 pick to score in his debut. He finished his rookie season with 17 goals and 39 points, placed third in voting for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the League's top rookie, and was named to the All-Rookie Team.

Nash quickly became one of the premier goal-scorers in the League, getting 30 or more goals seven times in his first nine seasons, including a run of five consecutive seasons. In 2008 he scored the fastest goal in NHL All-Star Game history - 12 seconds - and finished with a hat trick.

After scoring 289 goals and 547 points in 674 games with the Blue Jackets, Nash was traded to the New York Rangers on July 23, 2012.

Following a 21-goal, 42-point season in the shortened 48-game 2012-13 season, Nash was slowed by injury in 2013-14, scoring 39 points in 65 games, his lowest total since his rookie season. He added three goals and 10 points in the postseason while leading all players with 83 shots on goal as the Rangers reached the 2014 Stanley Cup Final.

Nash rebounded in 2014-15 with 42 goals and 69 points, then had five goals and 14 points in the postseason. He tied Marian Hossa of the Chicago Blackhawks for most shots in the postseason with 69 as New York advanced to the Eastern Conference Final. He finished seventh in voting for the Hart Trophy, given to the regular-season MVP.

Playing for Canada, Nash was the leading goal-scorer at the 2005 World Championship with nine, and was named tournament MVP in 2007, when he scored twice in a 4-2 victory against Finland in the gold-medal game.

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